This cap gun was recovered during the Metal Detector survey in 2016 at the Kaw Mission in Council Grove by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and volunteers. The Detective Police Snub Nose style cap pistol was made by the Hubley Manufacturing Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was made of a die cast zinc alloy. When the cap gun was recovered it had a piece of black electrical tape loosely wrapped around the midsection.
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"Trooper" Cap Gun from the Kaw Mission, 14MO368 - 2